RStyga: Why, on earth, would one choose this overpriced piece of crap over, say, a simple Fujifilm X-E2 is one for the books...

jsevidon Since you presented no arguments, make sure at least that you don't make insulting comments in the future towards members just because you don't like their opinion. Capisci? Otherwise you might become the subject of some strong language yourself, just to taste your own "medicine".

RStyga: Why, on earth, would one choose this overpriced piece of crap over, say, a simple Fujifilm X-E2 is one for the books...

Jsevidon: Take your Leica blinkers off for a while, manage your rude behaviour and read:https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3968503https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/246272-so-why-the-banding/http://www.fotodesign-rs.de/leica-q-typ-116-review/Type "Leica Q banding" in any search engine and continue reading...

With a retail price $1,280 it's a winner; no, wait, I inadvertently omitted a non non-significant zero! Leica is reaching out to the financial skies for idiots and rich... idiots. I think the logo under this company name should read, Leica "The anti-photography dollar-company".

Royal BS with a PC twist. Where is the art here: that the judges got fooled by the photo thinking it's one of a human and it evoked BS about "evolution"? Primary school judges? They might want to raise the artistic bar a tad weenie bit next year...

Scottelly: What do I think of it? I think it's ridiculous. For half the price I can get a Sony A6500, which is about the same dimensions and weight, the same resolution and sensor size, but includes IBIS, a tilt screen, and a build-in flash. The lenses are much cheaper too. If I were a Leica lens owner with a bunch of compatible lenses and didn't already have a great new camera I might consider it, which is probably why Leica made it, but like most Leica cameras, I think it's ridiculously overpriced, as is that 18mm f4 lens for more than a grand. It seems to me like that lens should be aboet $500 and would be about $300 or $250 if it were a Sony G series lens with the same specs. $1,200?!? REALLY? For an f2.8 lens that would be expensive, but that thing's f4!

It is quite a bit longer, but their shorter f2.8 pancake lens is just 78 grams. (The Fuji XF 27mm f2.8)

I don't think so: A Fujifilm/Sony/Olympus/Panasonic is not a Hyundai and a Leica is not a BMW. They are of the same class and quality. The Leica build quality is a myth. They actually have as many defects, if not more, as the competition.

RStyga: a mediocre APS-C DSLM with an insane - as expected - price tag; what are they on "offering" an ordinary wide-angle pancake at $1300?? Acid? Wake up Leica before you go bankrupt again!

Re Leica's financial situation, I beg to differ; you're not reading the business news much, it seems. As for the "colour" of Leica's $1300 pancake, no thanks, I prefer a 'lowly' Fujinon or Panasonic for a small fraction of the price.

"A lot of Leica rangefinders' appeal comes down to the quality of construction."There is no such appeal but myth. Leica cameras are not better constructed than high-end DSLM cameras, say from Fujifilm or Olympus. Full stop. On the contrary, they are occasionally riddled with issues and design flaws. Leica has demonstrably poor know-how in the digital age, yes!

"The whole process of taking someone's picture is less confrontational than it might be with a larger and louder camera."Is Barnes living in past decades or something? The vast majority of DSLM cameras today are smaller and lighter, thus less intrusive, than Leica bricks, and - because they have AF - take photos much faster thus the subject feels for much less time being under the spotlight.

@ Wild LightI'm sure you feel "something" when you rotate the lens focus ring, as much as other photographers feel "something" when they do similar tactile operations to lenses on their DSLM (Fujifilm, for instance).

"A lot of Leica rangefinders' appeal comes down to the quality of construction."There is no such appeal but myth. Leica cameras are not better constructed than high-end DSLM cameras, say from Fujifilm or Olympus. Full stop. On the contrary, they are occasionally riddled with issues and design flaws. Leica has demonstrably poor know-how in the digital age, yes!

"The whole process of taking someone's picture is less confrontational than it might be with a larger and louder camera."Is Barnes living in past decades or something? The vast majority of DSLM cameras today are smaller and lighter, thus less intrusive, than Leica bricks, and - because they have AF - take photos much faster thus the subject feels for much less time being under the spotlight.